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Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw MC (4 April 1914 – 27 June 2008), also known as Sam Bahadur ("Sam the Brave"), was the chief of the army staff of the Indian Army during the Bangladesh-Pakistani War of 1971, and the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal.
Jun 27, 2008 · Sam Manekshaw was an Indian Army officer and the first person to be conferred with the rank of Field Marshall. Check this page to know everything about Sam Marshall-his Age, Height, Wife, Family, Biography & Much more!
Jun 27, 2019 · New Delhi: Perhaps no military general in the history of independent India has ever captured the national imagination in the way Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw did. One of the chief architects of India’s 1971 victory against Pakistan, Manekshaw is most famously remembered for bluntly telling Prime Minister Indira Gandhi that the Indian Army wasn ...
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Jun 23, 2024 · Sam Manekshaw (born April 3, 1914, Amritsar, Punjab state, India—died June 27, 2008, Wellington, Tamil Nadu state) was the first Indian military officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal, the highest rank that can be attained in the Indian Army.
Apr 3, 2018 · F ield Marshal Sam Manekshaw, arguably India’s greatest general, was born on 3 April 1914 and died on 27 June 2008. A quintessential soldier who would go on to serve as the Chief of the Army Staff, he is best remembered as the man who masterminded India’s victory in the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971 – that led to the liberation of Bangladesh.
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Dec 12, 2021 · The chevron-moustached Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, who was born on April 3, 1914, in Amritsar, was the face of India’s victory in the 1971 war with Pakistan. He was appointed Army chief in July 1969, and in January 1973, the month of his retirement, he was made field marshal, the first Indian to be bestowed with the honour.
Dec 12, 2021 · On March 25, 1971, General Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw received a call in Pune, while visiting the Southern Command headquarters. His military assistant Depinder Singh was on the line from Delhi.
